Compuware Announces Annual Gomez Best Of The Web Performance Award Winners

DETROIT, March 21, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Compuware Corporation (Nasdaq:CPWR), the technology performance company, today announced the Compuware Gomez 2010 Best of the Web and Mobile Performance Awards winners. The results have been published in the " Best of the Web 2010: Compuware Gomez Web and Mobile Performance Awards " comprehensive report. The report includes an analysis of each industry, detailed measurements of each winner's Web or mobile site 2010 performance and Web performance best practices.

The annual Gomez Best of the Web awards showcase the leaders in Web and mobile site performance from six major industries across the United States – financial services, government, healthcare, media, retail and travel. The winners in each industry are determined based on the response time, availability and consistency of their Web and mobile sites in 2010.

Four website winners in each industry are awarded with Gold, Silver, Bronze and Most Improved awards. In select industries, there are also Mobile Leaders and One Web winners, which take into account home page and business process transaction performance when measured from the Internet backbone and the Gomez Last Mile , as well as mobile home page performance.

Only four companies in this year's 2010 Best of the Web 2010 Web and Mobile rankings received the Gold award for two consecutive years – Delta Airlines, Fidelity, Newegg and Regions Bank. The Best of the Web 2010 leaders in each industry category include:

Financial Services
	Banking: Web Gold – Regions Bank (2009 & 2010)
	Banking: One Web - Branch Banking &Trust
	Banking: Mobile Leader – Capital One
	Brokerage: Web Gold – Fidelity (2009 & 2010)
Health Information
	Web Gold – United Health
Media
	Web Gold – CBS News.com
Retail
	Web Gold – Newegg (2009 & 2010)
	One Web – Newegg and QVC (tie)
	Mobile Leader – QVC
Travel
	Airlines: Web Gold – Delta (2009 & 2010)
	Hotels: Web Gold – Radisson
	Travel Mobile Leader – JetBlue
U.S. Governments
	Web Gold – FEMA

"Today, companies are challenged to provide comprehensive and dynamic web and mobile sites that are competitively fast," said Bruce Reading, Senior Vice President, Compuware Application Performance Management. "The 2010 award winners have made Web and mobile performance a key business initiative and have set the standard in their industries for delivering highly available, high-performing Web experiences that enhance customer satisfaction."